UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8 - K/A
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
July 27, 2009
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Huron Consulting Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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000-50976
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01-0666114 |
(State or other jurisdiction
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Of incorporation)
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550 West Van Buren Street
Chicago, Illinois
60607
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(312) 583-8700
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the information provided in Item 5.02 of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by Huron Consulting Group Inc. (the Company) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 31, 2009 (the Form 8-K). This Current Report on Form
8-K/A is being filed solely to disclose additional compensation information for James H. Roth, the
Companys Chief Executive Officer, and James K. Rojas, the Companys Chief Financial Officer, under
Item 5.02 (c). Except as amended hereby, the Form 8-K as filed remains unchanged.
As disclosed in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, filed
by the Company with the SEC on November 5, 2009 (the Form 10-Q), Wayne Lipski, previously Chief
Accounting Officer, left the Company during the third quarter of 2009. Further, as disclosed in
the Form 10-Q and the Form 8-K filed by the Company with the SEC on November 5, 2009, on November
3, 2009, Mr. Roth was appointed to the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) and Mr. Rojas was
appointed Treasurer, in addition to his current position of Chief Financial Officer.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On July 31, 2009, the Company announced that Gary E. Holdren, Chairman of the Board and the
Companys Chief Executive Officer has resigned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
effective immediately and will leave the Company as of August 31, 2009, that Gary L. Burge has
stepped down as the Companys Chief Financial Officer effective immediately, but will continue with
the Company until the end of the year and that Wayne Lipski has stepped down as the Companys Chief
Accounting Officer effective immediately and will be leaving the Company. No severance expenses are
expected to be incurred by the Company as a result of these management changes.
(c) On July 31, 2009, the Company announced that the Board had named George E. Massaro, currently
Vice Chairman of the Board, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, and appointed James H. Roth as
Chief Executive Officer and James K. Rojas as Chief Financial Officer, all effective immediately.
Mr. Roth, age 51, was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company on July 30, 2009. Previously, he
was Vice President, Health and Education Consulting for the Company since January 1, 2007. Since
the Companys inception in 2002, Mr. Roth has been a managing director and practice leader of the
Companys Higher Education Consulting Practice.
Mr. Roth earned an annual base salary of $700,000 in fiscal year 2008. Mr. Roths performance
bonus target was $500,000 in fiscal year 2008. Along with other practice leaders and members of
the executive team, the Company did not pay Mr. Roth a bonus for fiscal year 2008. In fiscal year
2008, Mr. Roth was paid a $350,000 performance bonus with respect to his fiscal year 2007
performance. In fiscal year 2009, Mr. Roth has a base salary of $750,000, with a performance bonus
target of $500,000. Mr. Roth was granted 20,000 and 21,268 shares of restricted stock of the
Company in fiscal years 2008 and 2009, respectively, which vest ratably over four years, at the
then market prices of the Companys common stock (the Common Stock) of $66.42 per share and
$47.02 per share, respectively, for a total aggregate value of $2,328,421 as of the grant dates.
Mr. Rojas, age 41, was named Chief Financial Officer of the Company on July 30, 2009. Prior to
rejoining the Company on June 15, 2009 as managing director, Mr. Rojas was the Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Stop & Shop and Giant Supermarket Company, a subsidiary of
Ahold USA, Inc., a grocery retailer, from June 2007 to June 2009. Prior thereto, he was the
Executive Vice President Shared Services of Ahold USA, Inc. from January 2007 to June 2007.
Prior thereto, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of U.S.
Foodservice, a broadline
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foodservice distributor, from January 2006 to December 2006. Prior thereto, Mr. Rojas was Vice
President of Corporate Development for the Company from March 2005 through December 2005 and before
that he was a managing director of Huron Consulting Services LLC from May 2002 through March 2005.
In fiscal year 2009, Mr. Rojas has an annual base salary of $400,000, which is prorated based on
his rejoining the Company on June 15, 2009, with a performance bonus target of $400,000. Mr. Rojas
was granted 40,000 shares of restricted stock of the Company in fiscal year 2009, which vest
ratably over four years, at the then Common Stock market price of $50.26 per share, for a total
aggregate value of $2,010,400 as of the grant date. Additionally, the Company paid Mr. Rojas a
sign-on bonus of $500,000 in fiscal year 2009 when he rejoined the Company as managing director.
The Compensation Committee has retained compensation consultants to structure compensation and
benefit packages for Messrs. Roth and Rojas in their new roles as Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer.
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